metazoonosis

met·a·zo·o·no·sis

(met'ă-zō'ō-nō'sis), A zoonosis that requires both a vertebrate and an invertebrate host for completion of its life cycle; for example, the arbovirus infections of humans and other vertebrates. [meta- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]

met·a·zo·o·no·sis

(met'ă-zō-ŏ-nō'sis) A nonhuman disease that requires both a vertebrate and an invertebrate host to complete the life cycle of the causative organism. [meta- + G. zōon, animal, + nosos, disease]